Graham is 23 and spends a lot of time writing about football and music. He is a regular contributor to FTBpro.com and Zero Tolerance magazine and despite being a Chelsea fan since birth feels compelled to follow his local clubs Leeds and Barnsley too.

Entries by Graham Matthews

Like the current extended summer we've experienced in the UK, the fate of Premier League managers appears to be undergoing a similar process. Any day now the temperature is sure to drop ten degrees and the first managerial departure is expected to arrive with it.

At the end of last season and throughout the summer, fans of two European clubs were dreading every day the transfer window was open, fearing each announcement would be that another of their star players had left. Both Atlético Madrid and Southampton had excellent seasons with plenty of their players...

Of all the Premier League teams to surprise us within the first seven games of the season, (for better or worse) little has been made of Everton's poor start to the Premier League. This may be attributed to the back page focus given to Manchester United's early seasons ups and...

If Burnley's return to the Premier League only had to last 15 minutes it would have been glorious. 1-0 up against the might of Chelsea at home, the start of their first game back in the big time was reminiscent of the upset they caused almost exactly five years previous...

Of the three sides promoted from the Championship last season it is undoubtedly Leicester City who are catching the eye most, especially after their stunning comeback against Manchester United. From a tricky five opening fixtures, they've earned draws against top four challengers Everton and Arsenal as well as victories away...

Liverpool's return to the Champions League comes 10 years on from the start of the campaign which saw them defeat AC Milan in memorable fashion in the final to become only the second English club to win the rebranded Champions League.

Steve Bruce probably couldn't believe it. Having made Robert Snodgrass Hull City's second most expensive signing ever, after handing the greater honour to Jake Livermore earlier in the summer, the Scot went and dislocated his kneecap in the first Premier League fixture of the season. Out of action for six...

Football can be a high pressure game both on the field and off it, as the departure of Huddersfield Town manager Mark Robins after just the first game of the season perfectly demonstrates. When everything's going right on the pitch it can be a wonderful time to be a player...